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Total number of records: 18

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Brotherton Collection18
English Literature18
Leeds Poetry18

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)6
correspondence3
english poetry2
lectures and lecturing england leeds2
books reviews1
english fiction1
english poetry 20th1
english poetry 20th century history and criticism1
etching, english1
letters1

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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)4
Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)3
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)3
Barker, George (1913-1991)2
Amey, Michael1
Barker, Sebastian1
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)1
Poetry Book Society1
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn1
Wright, David (1920-1994)1

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Barker

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1960s-1970s

Ms lecture 'George Barker I' (4 ff); blue exercise book with ms lecture George Barker (14 ff); clipping 'Out of the Air: Dark Angel' ('The Listener', 30 May 1974).

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Jonathan Barker

12-Sep-1983

1 ms letter to Hill from Jonathan Barker.

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Letters to George Barker

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)

1948-1976

3 ms and 5 ts letters from John Heath-Stubbs to George Barker. The letters include reference to the exchange of books and poems between Barker and Heath-Stubbs (including Barker's 'Dreams of a Summer ...

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Barker, Sebastian

c.1960-1970

1 letter from the poet Sebastian Barker to Thomas Blackburn.

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Correspondence

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)

1948-1982

Letters from John Heath-Stubbs to George Barker, and autographed poem cards.

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Barker, George (1913-1991)

c.1961

This file contains correspondence from the poet George Barker, who was a friend of Thomas Blackburn. He was invited by Blackburn to give a lecture at Leeds University during Blackburn's tenure of the ...

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Poetry Criticism

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1965-1978

Annotated typescript draft of an article on George Barker's poetry, possibly intended for a radio talk; and a photocopied typescript of Geoffrey Hill's collection 'Tenebrae,' with Jon Silkin's ms anno...

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Three Professionals

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1969

This file contains a 5 page typescript review article by Thomas Blackburn on George Barker's 'At Thurgarton Church' (1969), and unnamed poetry collections by Cecil Day Lewis and John Wain.

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Poetry Criticism

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1960-1969

Typescript (carbon copy) drafts of an essay/article titled 'The Poetry of George Barker;' an essay/article on the poetry of Edmund Blunden (lacking the first page); and an article on the poetry of Dyl...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

27 April 1955 - 18 August 1992

Letters to Jon Silkin from literary editors at 'The Observer.' Includes 2 typescript letters from Nigel Gosling; 3 ms letters and 1 ts letter from Al Alvarez; 2 ms postcards and 1 ms letter from Blake...

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Poem Drafts

Wright, David (1920-1994)

c.1980-1983

Manuscript and typescript drafts of the following poems by David Wright: - George Barker at 70; 4 typescript and manuscript sheets (published in Poetry Nation Review (1983)) - Owl; 4 typescript and...

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Tennyson

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1956-1992

This file contains items relating to Hill's teaching on Tennyson at the University of Leeds, and items on Tennyson collected by Hill. Includes ms lecture 'Tennyson' (12 ff); George Barker's article 'T...

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